blindworm

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blindworm

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Inherited from Middle English blynde worme, equivalent to blind + worm due to its very small eyes. Cognate with Swedish blindorm, blindödla.

noun blindworms

Anguis fragilis (slowworm), a small species of legless lizard. […] we haue a blind worme to be found vnder logs in woods, and timber that hath lien long in a place, which some also doo call (and vpon better ground) by the name of [s]low worms, and they are knowen easilie by their more or lesse varietie of striped colours, drawen long waies from their heads, the

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@misc{blindworm_2026,
  title = {blindworm},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blindworm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}